“Wait, how can I even ask this question? Who am I?! And, does self awareness equal personhood?! Aaahhh!!!”
For thousands of years humanity was just going about its business, then suddenly someone was like, "wait wtf? How does any of this shit even work?" And thus philosophy was invented.
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In order to ask, "wait wtf? How does any of this shit even work?" and, more importantly, have those thoughts recorded, you need people who have accumulated sufficient surplus value to be able to sit around and ask questions.
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While watching shadows on a cave wall, perhaps.
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I could be wrong, but I've thought Des Cartes was a big part of it. If not him, someone had to have some sort of existential crisis when they realized just how much superstition was guiding the way they were raised.
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"Ayn Rand: Origins"
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I don't think philosophy was invented. Rather it was discovered as a consequence of consciousness.
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This also applies to anyone in his/her life, at least the ones that become adults
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